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Officials on a climate finance course meet farmers in Bangladesh to learn about the benefits of solar irrigation pumps (Photo: ICCCAD, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Climate finance for those who need it most
… stakeholders in financing pro-poor energy access, and fisheries and forestry. We are supporting smallholders in engaging in voluntary carbon … makes it essential that poor people sit centre stage in the debate about how to finance mitigation and adaptation initiatives. Achieving …
Article, 13 May 2016
A host of government leaders made pledges at the 2015 UN Climate Summit hosted by Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (Photos: Saleemul Huq/IIED)
A week that may change the world
… change. Parallel sessions followed, on themes including energy, forestry, agriculture, transport, finance, science and voices from … had been been living in Jackson Heights for eight years. He told me about his experiences during Hurricane Sandy and how Bangladesh and New …
Insight, 25 September 2014
CLACC Fellows gather in Durban, South Africa
Capacity Strengthening in Least Developed Countries for Adaptation to Climate Change (CLACC)
… disaster preparedness and response, health, agriculture and forestry, and fed this information into national adaptation planning and … generated a number of videos: Dago Tshering interviewed CLACC fellows about their work on adaptation to climate change for least developed …
Project, 05 September 2008
The Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group (Image: IIED)
Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group
… society representatives from nine of the LDCs. The aim was to hear about the reality that they face, the actions being taken, the role for … of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), and the AMFN. He has led or contributed to … Jarju Pa Ousman Jarju is the Minister of Environment, Climate Change, Forestry, Water and Wildlife and the Special Climate Change Envoy for …
Article, 03 August 2015
Hotel Sri Tahjung
Rafts of rubber and a hotel for birds with spit that sells
… collide or coexist.  In February 2012, the Center for International Forestry Research published a study that shows how traditional … reported in the Jakarta Post in May 2011, the locals don’t know much about the coming cash for carbon and how to get a fair share of it. And …
Insight, 21 February 2012
Q&A: climate negotiations
… put that money into a fund that would go to adaptation as well as forestry and various other good things as well. The Least Developed … 8 dark years of the Bush regime, where they were in practical denial about the problem, refusing to take any action, the new President and … the US and the Chinese presidents where the two will hopefully talk about climate change and come up with some agreed outcomes between …
Article, 17 March 2009
Timbuktu, Mali: A woman pours water from an irrigation canal onto her garden. Mali's climate-resilient agricultural plan will promote better irrigation systems (Photo: Marco Dormino/MINUSMA)
Least developed country leaders say "follow us" to tackle climate change
… and to develop in a low carbon way. Myanmar has developed a 30-year forestry sector master plan and a REDD+ national strategy. It aims to … the LDCs are demonstrating that every country has to be serious about climate change. If they can do it, surely wealthier countries, …
Insight, 06 October 2014
A community in Bangladesh maps out their local resources and plans for an emergency.
Lessons from Bangladesh for a post-Sandy New York
News, 22 January 2013
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PLA 54: Mapping for change: practice, technologies and communication
… Action: a journal for newcomers and experienced practitioners alike About PLA: Background, aims and history of the journal Explore the … GIS and local knowledge enhancement for community carbon forestry planning: an example from Cameroon  Peter A. Minang and Michael … supported by the following organisations: Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural …
Article, 31 March 2006
Bushmeat stew: complexities of a shadowy trade
… do exist of the size of the market. The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) estimates that the current bushmeat harvest in … Legalising the bushmeat trade could allow us to understand more about it, provide national governments with the tools to better regulate …
Insight, 01 February 2010